But surely children know that what they’re reading is fantasy, right? Unfortunately, no. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling openly admits that she gets hundreds of letters from fans who want to attend Hogwart’s, Potter’s fictional wizardry school. In a documentary by New Age expert Caryl Matrisciana entitled
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repacked, children openly admit to wanting Potter’s power to cast spells and hexes on their parents and teachers, or to manipulate the affections of someone they love. Matrisciana said that during a recent trip to London, the stationmaster at King’s Cross Station told her hundreds of children come to see the supposed platform where Harry’s fictional school train leaves the station – which has been the cause of several accidents when children mimicking Harry try to run through the brick barricade to catch the Hogwart’s Express.
Matrisciana also reports that the Pagan Federation of England affirms they receive thousands of letters from children every time they air shows such as
Buffy the Vampire Slayer or
Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
“Children ask the location of local Wicca covens to attend and learn the occult techniques promoted in Harry’s books and by other young witches in a plethora of movies and programs that glorify witchcraft and pagan ideology,” she says.
That these dark fascinations can be harmful to children is exemplified in the case of Cassie Bernall, the young Columbine student who was killed for professing her faith in Jesus Christ. As her mother, Misty Bernall, tells in a book about Cassie’s life, her daughter might not have been at Columbine that day if not for the fact that she transferred there from another school where she had gotten involved in witchcraft, Satanism, self-mutilation. It wasn’t until her parents sent her on a Christian retreat where Cassie “found” Jesus Christ that the young girl finally began to turn her life around.
Who knows what seemingly innocent book, game or movie first enticed Cassie Bernall into the occult? But dark powers did indeed get a hold of her just like they’re getting a hold of many other children during this occult-fiction craze that we’re currently living through.
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